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Murder victim feared she would be killed
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Twin thunderstorms kick off flash flooding
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Taxpayers pay McDonalds to train staff
TAXPAYERS are forking out millions of dollars in "subsidies" to McDonald's and other retailers so they can teach basic skills.
Fat soldiers can't fight on the front line
MORE than 5600 Australian military personnel are unfit for active duty with obesity and weight-related illnesses the main culprits.
We're young, we tweet, we're faking it
AUSSIE youngsters admit they regularly lie on Facebook and Twitter to boost their credibility among their friends.
233 dead as Libya 'on brink of civil war'
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World's weirdest mini-bars
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Kylie comes out of her shell
HOT on the heels of Lady Gaga's egg stunt at the Grammys, Kylie Minogue emerges from a golden shell in her new show.
Mum-in-law needs an AVO
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Take that iTunes
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Snake blamed for footpath fracas
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Arnold flexes his intellectual muscles
THE Terminator says a statue of himself at the height of his bodybuilding career is "dramatic" and shows "accurate proportions".
Kleptocat burglar caught red-pawed
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Drug dealer to sue police for 'humiliation'
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Fire crews to spend night battling bushfire
A BLAZE which tore through more than 20 hectares and threatened a dozen homes is believed to have been deliberately lit.
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Woman not told of genital operation
A WOMAN has told a jury she "never, never, never, never" would have consented to an operation in which a doctor removed her genitals, including her clitoris.
Ear implant thief given probation
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Man charged over Moe murders
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Group threatened with sawn-off shotgun
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Towns on alert as cyclone Carlos re-forms
A TORNADO has hit the Pilbara coast and WA's Gascoyne region is bracing for more floods as re-formed Cyclone Carlos builds into a Category 2 cyclone.
Boy, 14, taken by crocodile
A YOUNG boy was taken by a crocodile in a remote Territory community yesterday morning.
New charges in murder case
<FONT COLOR=#FF0000><b>UPDATE:</b></FONT> A 40-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged in relation to the murder at Stainforth Court.
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The senseless loss of brave young men
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Flight Centre shares hit turbulence
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| KCN | Kingsgate Conso.. | 9.95 | 3.0% |
| MMX | Murchison Metals | 1.375 | -5.5% |
| TLS | Telstra Corp | 2.8 | -5.41% |
| WEC | White Energy | 2.86 | -4.67% |
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